Footpaths & fishing boats : growing up in Nipper's Harbour / Audrey Starkes.
Footpaths & fishing boats : growing up in Nipper's Harbour / Audrey Starkes.
Alternate Title
:
Footpaths and fishing boats
By
:
Starkes, Audrey.
Publication Date
:
2015
Publication Information
:
Ottawa, Ont. : Petra,
Physical Description
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iii, 146 p.
Geographic Term
:
Nipper's Harbour (N.L.) -- Biography.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Summary
:
Here is the budding consciousness of a young girl in a small Newfoundland fishing community during the final years of its prosperous isolation. As a treasured only child, she weaves diverting observations with delicate introspection to create an intriguing view of her society and herself. Wonderingly, she gradually becomes aware of the local economy and culture: the hustle and muscle of an unusually rich fishery, her matrix of relatives and religion, the annual rituals and daily rounds, the home remedies and hopeful charms. Accidents and illness make her mindful of a wider world. Education requires travel. And the gravel road snaking steadily over rocky hills will fade her birthplace into a feeding of memories. This fate she shares with many millions who have sustained similar changes.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781927032428
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Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Carmanville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Clarenville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Marystown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Springdale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 971.8 ST2 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 971.8 ST2 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 971.8 ST2 |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 971.8 ST2 |